Films by Corinna Schnitt

Germany 2012
by Corinna Schnitt

Corinna Schnitt's video narratives often begin with everyday scenes that gradually turn into the absurd. In Tee trinken various old people are shown within a modern living environment, sitting silently and without any motion. On different TV sets they all watch the same video of a young girl in a field of flowers, elegantly drinking tea and smiling. The video deals with the relationship between age and youth, nature and culture, and finally between reality and media. ''With her cinematic cabin

Germany 2009
by Corinna Schnitt

In a single shot the film shows different time-periods and creates a fairytaile atmosphere. A stillife is presented in an outside garden in front of a modern architecture, that has a fake- wooden-outside.fasade-.The paradox longing for feeling adventurous and homely is part of the children-song.

Germany 2007
by Corinna Schnitt

In “Von einer Welt” [“FromOne World”], Corinna Schnitt’s latest work, the world is an idyllic Alpine landscape of forests and meadows. A man is striding through it, alone, to stand in the next scene on a meadow with a dozen nude women lying in high grass; each is draped as they would be if drawn from life by a painter. The man, whose uncertainty and loneliness are palpable, approaches each woman individually, one after the other, caressing and making erotic overtures, at times tenderly, at other

Germany 2007
by Corinna Schnitt

In a single shot the film shows different time-periods and creates a fairytaile atmosphere. A stillife is presented in an outside garden in front of a modern architecture, that has a fake- wooden-outside.fasade-.The paradox longing for feeling adventurous and homely is part of the children-song. (Barbara Filser)